Collar-support.



M. E. PRIMROSE.

COLLAR SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 19, 1913.

Patented Feb. 24, 1914.

Witnesses Attorneys COLUMBIA PLANOG'RAPH CO4. WASHINGTON D. c,

ARY E. PRIMBOSE, or an LoUIs, MISSOURI.

COLLAR-SUPPORT.

insane.

, Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 24, 1914.

Application filed June 19, 1913. Serial No. 774,667.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARY E. PRI ROSE, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful CollarSupp0rt-, of which i the following is a specification.

The present invention appertains to collar supports or stays, and aims primarily to provide novel and improved means for attaching the support or stay to the collar.

It is also the object of the present 'inven tion to provide a device of the nature indi cated, which shall be compact, durable and inexpensive in construction, as well as con venient and efiicient in its use.

ith the foregoing and other objects in view, which will be apparent as the description proceeds, the present invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The invention has been illustrated in its preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of the collar support as applied to a collar. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the support. Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2. Fig. 41 is a sectional detail similar to Fig. 3 and embodying a modification.

The collar support proper, or rather the body or stock thereof, comprises two strips or elongated pieces 1 of celluloid or any other suitable material. These strips of sections 1 are connected by a series of rivets or pins 2, which are disposed adjoining the respective side edges of the support proper.

A plurality of collar attaching means are provided, each of the said means embodying a spiral or involute wire spring 3 disposed between the strips or sections 1 and having its inner end engaged rigidly to the respective rivet orpin 2, the outer end i projecting beyond the respective edge of the support proper. As illustrated, three of the springs 3 are provided along the respective edges of the support proper, although such springs may be provided at the ends also, if desired or necessary. The proportions of the strips or sections 1 and the springs 3 are such, that the entire device may be con- .structed as compactly as possible, in order to be applicable to the collar without encumbering the same in any manner.

Ordinarily, the tension of the springs 3 will cause the free ends of the springs to be projected back intothe space or recess between theside edges of the strips 1, said ends of the springs being preferably pointed. The outer convolutions of the springs 3, however, project slightly beyond the respective edges of the support to engage the collar. The outer convolutions of the springs projecting beyond the edge of the stock or support proper will permit them to be grasped by the fingers and swung upwardly and outwardly so as to retract the free ends of the springs from within the support, in order that the free ends of the springs may be engaged with the collar. 1

In applying the device to a collar, the sup port is positioned properly, and the free ends of the springs 3 may then be withdrawn, and when being released, may be threaded through the respective portions of the collar, in order that when the free ends are again projected into the support proper or body, the collar will be effectively attached to the support. The tensions of the springs maintain the engagement between the springs and collar, and in this manner, the collar may be supported in an efiicient and convenient manner.

The springs will be exposed but very little, and will be practically, if not entirely,

invisible, so that the appearance of the sup- I port may be sightly or neat.

The support may be detached from the collar by raising or withdrawing the free ends of the springs as will be apparent.

The present device is susceptible to alterations or modifications. Thus, as illustrated inFig. 4, the support proper or body 1 is solid, or of one piece, and is provided with the recess or cavity 1 in its respective edges for the reception of the spring 3.

Although the springs 3 have been illustrated and described as being of spiral or involute form, the same may be of various designs, so as to provide a yielding finger or collar engaging member 4 projecting from the body, the free ends or tips of the fingers 1 being normally projected within the body and being adapted to be retracted to engage the collar.

Having described the invention, What is claimed as new is:

1 A collar support embodyinga body having recesses along certain of its edges,

and spiral Wire springs disposed in the said recesses and having their inner ends at 'tached to the body, the outer convolutions of the springs projecting beyond the said edges of the body, and the free ends of the springs being adapted to be retractedfrom the body to engage a collar.

2. A collar support embodying a body having recesses along its side edges, pins engaging the body adjacent the said edges,

and spiral wire springs disposed in the said recesses and having their inner ends at tached to the pins, the outer convolutions of the springs projecting beyond the said edges of the body and the free ends of the springs being adapted to be retracted from the body to engage a collar. e

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

MAY E. PRIMROSE. Witnesses ROBERT F; LIscHER, EMELE LISCHER,

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C." 

